Today I'm happy to share a bit about another C&T Publishing title, Scrap Republic by Emily Cier. I am lucky enough to count the talented Emily as one of my friends in the industry, as well as a former neighbor here in the Raleigh area and fellow founding member of the Triangle Modern Quilt Guild (before she relocated to Seattle!) Scrap Republic is Emily's second book, following the success of Quilt Remix.

Fun fact #1: when I first started sewing and quilting, I quickly found Emily's blog and was enamored by her amazing quilts and modern style. I was also in awe of the fact that she quilted her own quilts, at a time when I was so intimidated that I never believed I'd ever be able to quilt my own quilts. In fact, I think my introductory email to Emily was an inquiry about how much she'd charge to quilt my quilts for me. I remember that her response was something like, "errr ... uhhh ... you know you can totally do that yourself, right?" (OK, I'm paraphrasing.) She did, however, ask if I wanted all of her leftover scraps of batting for my doll quilts and minis. I'm still pulling from that stash to this day!

Anyhow, back to the book. Scrap Republic is all about creating beautiful quilts with -- you guessed it -- scraps! Emily begins with a introductory chapter with tips on organizing your stash, categorizing your scraps by color, and block piecing ideas. That's followed by 8 original project ideas that are designed specifically to incorporate ALL of your scraps, regardless of color, pattern, or size.

Love the patterns but don't have a stash to shop from? Have no fear. Emily includes yardage requirements for every project so that you can can exactly what you need to make each quilt.

Fun fact #2: if you're an iPad user or otherwise prefer e-books, you can purchase PDF versions of both of Emily's books via the C&T site!

Indigo is a color named after the purple dye derived from the plant Indigofera tinctoria and related species. The color is placed on the electromagnetic spectrum between about 420 and 450 nm in wavelength, placing it between blue and violet.

OK, not much help. Well, for the purposes of the tour, the indigo "family" also includes browns, blacks, and greys. Perfect! Since the book is all about pulling from your stash, I thought I'd do a quick tour of some of my favorite fabrics in the color family ... straight from the Quilt Dad stash!

Thanks for indulging me in a quick tour through my stash! How about you? Have any favorite brown, grey, or black prints? Let me know in the comments below, and you could win a prize. There are some amazing prizes in this blog tour!:

Scrap Republic from C&T Publishing (printed version for US residents, e-book for my international readers)

To win one of the prizes above, simply leave a comment on this post and tell me about your favorite brown, black, and grey prints. I'll randomly select 5 winners towards the end of next week. Good luck!

There's only one more stop on the blog tour, so be sure to go visit my friend Allie tomorrow and say "hi"!

264 comments:

You are going toThink I am completely ridiculous! I just did a quilt with the mostGorgeous grey but I have no idea who it is by! It was grey on grey with these huge beautiful modern flowers!!Kploquilts.blogspot.com

Thanks for the chance to win!My fave grey print is Amy Butlers Floating buds in grey from midwest modern. They are super soft and delicate and the off white background colour warms up any project they go in.

Some of the greys from Going Coastal by Emily Herrick are lovely, check out the gorgeous starfish and crabs. For browns, I love Aviary 2 by Joel Dewberry. I really don't use much in the way of blacks, but I do like the black on white trees from the Ghastlies. If you want a true indigo fabric, have a look at the blue prints from Rebekah Merkle's England Swings range, they are just gorgeous!

My favoroites? I have manu black and white fabrics, and just finished a black and white log cabin for my son and daughter-in-law for Chfristmas (don't tell) and I used red as the accent color. Next is black, white, and yellow:)

Right now I'm using a piece grey in a mug rug, which I think is from that patty young range. For browns I could eat up the Swiss Chocolate range and I'm with you on the Mona Luna black and whites! Thanks for the chance :)

I have a fairly good stash of black, moderate of brown and am just starting to stash grey. I never look at names, but do look at designers (love TP's droplets, btw). I can tell you I just bought a grey jelly roll of Bunny Hill Designs Putting on the Ritz - love those greys!

I am in love with all things black, white and gray so there are too many in my stash to mention. I did just recently order the Rendezvous line which has some amazing grays in it. Thanks for sharing what seems like a great book.

I'm making a purple/gray quilt for our bedroom right now, so I have a whole stack of gray fabrics! My favorite is probably the Charcoal Dumb Dot by Michael Miller. But I also really love plain old Charcoal and Med. Grey from Kona.

There's been a bit of brown in almost every quilt I've made. Browns in Cherish Nature, Lollipop, and Meadow Friends (boy). I would love to tackle some grey at some point though. Thanks for the chance to win!!

Brown was my favorite color for years (I even wanted my bridesmaids dress to be brown). It's the color of the earth, and chocolate, whats not to love. I love using brown in with fall colors of orange, reds and greens. Black is a great basic especially as a solid for background or to frame other colors. Grey seems to be the new black! I've even started to wear grey something I never thought I'd do. It's another wonderful blending color and goes great with orange and teal, yum!

Right now I'm loving Kaffe Fassett's "Black Spots" which is periwinkle spots on a black background. Lynne at Lily's quilts has convinced me that spots are indeed, a neutral! Brown is a little more difficult to choose, but I think Echino's mini cars have to take home the prize. Grey Ghastlies are waiting to be quilted right now and I'm thoroughly smitten!thanks for the giveaway, Quilt Dad!

Not so keen on indigo unless you are talking Navy Blue. I'm all into Navy since DH and I were in the Navy.. and now DS is in the Navy. Now when the Navy is talking Navy Blue, it is really much like... Black(ish) Blue. Strange huh. I know!! Our dress blues.. they sure looked black to me.

I guess I'm not an "indigo" kind of gal. I occasionally use solid black for sashings but indigo prints - never except once when I made a wallquilt of loons I used black & white dots & feathery stripes - maybe that counts?

I love tooooo many greys and browns so I'll just say the fabric I recently used on a bag that just flew to the UK...The Ghastlies grey is awesome and I paired it with some chocolate Canvas on the bottom.

the Miscellany collection by Julia Rothman, is in my cart at the moment and going to be my next purchase, i've seen so many cool projects made with it. The cloud 9 fabrics are my favorites at the moment.

Funnily enough, I love black, and a large portion of my clothing is black, but somehow I don't have much in my stash at all. Laura Gunn's Painter's Canvas in black is nice, as are some of the Patrick Lose Mixmasters, the Moda Grunge in Ebony.

Alexander Henry's Ghastlies are good for a variety of black/white/grey mixers and small prints (the clovers and brambles especially).

Grays and blacks were never in my color wheel. But I found a BOM in black and white with touches of red. It spoke to me and have been hooked every since. Gray is a new one and saw some really gray geometrics at Daisy Jane and you are showing more beautiful grays. Thanks

I don't really have any favorite prints. I love them all as long as they have chocolate brown in them. Even better is there is orange included. Thank you for the chance to win this wonderful book. Take care and God bless, Cory

Oh what a great book, I would love to win it (not to mention all the other cool prizes!) My favorite "indigo" fabric is a set of black and white prints I got a while back. they are all swirls and pretty designs and I just love looking at them. Its one of those fabrics I love to look at but hate to use cause then I won't have it anymore!!

I love black and white prints. I have quite a few by Blank quilting, but couldn't give you a specific collection. This book is looking very interesting and I will have to add it to my wish list, if I don't win one. Thanks for the giveaway.

My favorite brown fabric in my stash is a brown and white print that I picked up when I was in Botswana in college. It was a summer program to learn about HIV/AIDS and I happened to find a fabric store while we were over there. I knew I had to bring something back with me so I would have a special souvenir of the trip. And now every time I see the brown fabric (and some blue that I bought) I think back to the trip, everything I learned and all the awesome experiences I had :)

I love any of the Kona solids in the dark brown, grey or black range. There is a blue that looks like denim that reminds me of a new pair of jeans. All of these colors pop with whites, oranges and acid greens. They are such fun to work with.

Gray must be the new 'neutral' color since it is popping up all over in the local quilt shops, as well as the online shops! :)I just finished a black & white quilt- with a little red for pizzaazzz! I have another bright quilt I am working on that has a lot of black as the background color. I have a lot of brown in my stash too, but not much gray. However, now that there are soooooo many new fabric lines spotlighting gray...guess I will have to indulge by buying some!! lol

I know grey is the big thing right now, but I don't think I've ever used grey in a quilt. I don't think I even have any! I do have some dark indigo blue that I'm saving for something. Just haven't figured out what yet! Now, brown, that's one of my favorites. I have lots of browns, and use them all the time. Love my browns!Vickie in Cleveland

My favorite browns are Tula Pink's Full Moon Forest fabrics - especially the squirrels. My favorite blacks are from Moda's Half Moon collection. I don't think I have a favorite gray since I've never used gray in a quilt before.

My two favors -- I bought a bolt (yes, an entire bolt) of a Civil War reproduction, an ivory background with sepia brown oak leaves arranged in clusters. And, from the other side of the spectrum, bold graphic black-on-white and white-on-black prints. I'm saving up to make a quilt that's black and white and red all over...

I love grey fabric. I made a dress with a yellow and grey print from Joel Dewberry's Aviary 2 line. I have pieces left that I plan to incorporate into a quilt. I also love Kona medium grey and coal. They are staples in my stash!

Hmmm aparently I really need to stock up on some greys (or is it gray?!)! I love any fabric (of good quality) that is black with a mini print... it makes for a great filler and then there is what is turning out to be a signature binding for me... Black! It's the perfect frame for my work of art! As for Browns, I love harvest colors and brown (shades of) are a must! I esp love Kansas Troubles fabric lines! ~Charlene

I'd love to win this book because I love scrap quilts. I haven't worked much with gray or black, but did use some brown prints in a Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt called double delight. I don't know what line these browns came from as they were pieces from my scrap stash.

My favorite gray is a 36" fabric in my stash which was inherited from someone's mom. It has funky pink mushrooms, and baby blue trees. My favorite browns are from Jo Morton's lines. And I LOVE all the black and white prints that are out there now!

i haven't found a favorite black print yet, other than the moda bella solid black. But i love using that. my favorite brown is the henna garden brown. My new favorite grey fabrics are from Sweetwater's new line, "Hometown." I love that they're subtle but have great personality. thanks!

I have NO brown or black or gray or indigo scraps, but I really want to win this book! It is right up my scrappy alley! It's possible that I could be convinced to visit a quilt store for a few dark fat quarters if I had a pattern that called for them, you know.

I love the organic fabic series shades of grey by daisy janie! I'm planning for a white and grey wall hanging just now, so thanks for your inspirational photos! Thanks for hosting the giveaway as well!!

Ty Pennington's Impressions line and Joel Dewberry's Aviary 2 line both have some beautiful prints in brown, gray,and black. THANKS for the chance at one of these generous prizes!ourbusylittlebunch(at)hotmail(dot)com

In browns, Presents Spa by Rosemarie Lavin for Windham. In gray, Inner Light Gradations by Debra Lunn & Michael Mrowka for Timeless Treasures, and Nearly Neutral by P&B Textiles. These are all older prints, but I still love them.

Patty Young's Grey Dandelions are one of my favs! There is something about it's crisp, coolness that speaks to me. I never used to be a fan of blacks, browns, or greys but they really work well with alot of colors so I'm really getting into them. Thanks for the chance to win.

I love black & white & grey prints. Don't use them in quilts so much but a lot of bags and other projects...tho I'm thinking about a black/white quilt after this! Lol I like far too many to pick one favorite, but I'm liking Michael Miller's grey lines right now.

I have a large collection of black and whites--just starting to collect gray. I bought a collection at Quilt Boutique in Henderson NV that also has yellow--not sure the designer. I love your Denise Schmidt grays. suedemasellis@yahoo dot com

Lately I have been on a black & white kick. I make bags/purses & I just seem to gravitate to the black & white. I recently took over a bedroom for my sewing room. Once I organize my scraps it will be interesting to see what color dominates. I'm guessing it will be the black & white. Thanks for the chance to win some fabulous prizes!

I have this retro brown fabric that I found at a yard sale. It has small pink flowers and I have found so many uses for it, it works well with so many other fabricsThanks for the chance, and I love that grey dandelion fabric you have!

I don't spend to much focus on print names or designers (bad quilter! lol) but my I love 'soft' blacks. Or blacks with mini gray patterns over it to lighten it up and add a little something. I hate solids, lol

Hi! We just got a grey couch delivered on Saturday, so I have been on the lookout for them lately. I am loving the "Puttin' on the Ritz" greys from Bunny Hill. Don't have any yet, but they are on the list!

My favorite black print is anything with music notes on it! I also like any black & white prints! And I have an geometric print in browns that is fabulous (don't know the name though). But I don't have much in grey yet except solids... Thanks for the great giveaway! :)

I fell hard for Sandi Henderson's Henna Garden in brown. I thought it was long gone by the time I started sewing, but I lucked out and found a local quilt shop that still had a bit. akmajor (at) gmail (dot) com

I have to say blacks and grays are not something that had a large amount of real estate in my stash until lately. I inherited from a dear friend her hoarded stash of fabric most of it vintage (at least!) in that stash was an enormous bag of black/white, black/gray, and gray/white strips. They are just gorgeous! Since then I have added a few companion fabrics to that bag so I can turn them into something wonderful.....maybe this book has some suggestions!!

I have no black, gray or brown since I'm not a stasher yet. Being new, I only have the scraps of baby quilts! I love black fabric with white polka dots though. Pin dots, big dots, whatever! Especially in scrappy quilts, I find black and white with bright colors very eye-catching.

I like most black fabrics. The ones with the bright color spects are my favortite. Gray is not my favorite to work with, but often can make or break a quilt I've noticed. I love the rich chocolate shaded browns. Have you ever noticed how well brown and blue go well together?nancy.sumner@comcast.net

I really don't have much brown and black in my stash. What little I do have is from making civil war quilts. Now I'm also learning more about "modern" quilting and some of the great new designers, I can't wait to start buying some of their fabric.

Gray is my favorite color of the moment so I have been enjoying the throwing together of shades of gray by themselves as well as sometimes putting them with a bright color. Since my entire house is decorated in Grays and black- getting to see a glimpse of your stash gives me so many ideas! Thanks for the giveaway!

My favorite grays and blacks are in Michael Miller's Mini Mikes line. The logo always makes me think it's intended for children's stuff, but I think the small geographic patterns are perfect for quilting.

I have been collecting black and grey fabrics for the last year. I plan on making a black/grey/white quilt with accents of hot pink. I went to a shop hop this past weekend and found many different prints. Now I need to find the perfect pattern.

hia friend asked me to make a quilt for her daughter, who is growing and wants to change from pink and flowers for something more "teen"; we chose for her a log cabin in black, white grey, and a tiny square in red, it's beautiful

I will be completely honest and say that I don't like browns, blacks or grays. I have always liked the pink and brown and blue and brown color combo, but feel it's a bit overused now. I like quilts and projects I've seen made with gray as a neutral, but can't stand the fact that it is the new "it" color for a neutral. I actually cringe when I see gray included as one of the color palettes in a new fabric collection. I know, I know, such a Debbie Downer! I'm sorry, I just can't get used to the gray. I need color, lots of color!

I went through a repro phase in the 90s, yielding a stash with a lot of browns. Now, it's not really a colour I reach for. I do love grey though, and have been lusting over that elephant print forever.

I have a big stash of black, grey and brown! I am making an entire quilt black, grey and white that'll be subtley halloween flavored (so I can use it all year). Ghastlies Sebastian the cat is my favorite for that project. And I'm not sure why I have so much brown... it's just so warm and great.

I just picked up a fat quarter at my quilt shop that is mostly yellow with grey in a floral pattern (daisies) I wish I knew who's line it was maybe Moda's? I have been enjoying seeing grey come up more often and its not boring or industrial looking at all! I love what's being done with it out there.

Last year I found an adorable print that was brown and aqua. There are elephants marching along the fabric also. I made a backpack purse for my step mother and a couple baby quilts from the yardage I just had to buy :)